Where does Cathy Polinsky work?

Cathy Polinsky is at Operator Collective.

What check size does Cathy Polinsky write?

Cathy Polinsky typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.

Where did Cathy Polinsky go to school?

Cathy Polinsky studied at Swarthmore College (BA, Computer Science).

Cathy Polinsky

Investor

Investor at Operator Collective

San Mateo, California

Writes $500K – $1.5M checks · typically $1M

Find your path to Cathy

774 people in our graph share verified history with Cathy — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Aydin SenkutunlockedCathy: together at Shopify (2021–2022)

×2Cathy: together at Shopify

×7Cathy: together at Salesforce

Cathy: together at Oracle

Experience

SemgrepCo-CTO and SVP of Engineeringcurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
DataGrailBoard Membercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
DataGrailChief Technology Officer2022 — 2025
The Nueva SchoolHead Swimming and Diving Coachcurrent2024 — presentSan Mateo, California, United States
Operator CollectiveLPcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
AetionBoard Director2020 — 2025
ShopifyVP of Engineering2021 — 2022
Stitch FixCTO2016 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area
salesforce.comSVP/VP of Engineering, Enterprise Search2014 — 2016
salesforce.comVP of Engineering, work.com2013 — 2014
salesforce.comSr. Director of Software Development, Platform Engineering2009 — 2013
Yahoo!Sr. Engineering Manager2005 — 2009
OracleSenior Software Engineer2004 — 2005
BizGenicsSoftware Engineer2001 — 2003
AmazonSoftware Development Engineer1999 — 2001
Cendant Internet EngineeringSoftware Developer1998

Skills & more

Enterprise Software5Salesforce.comSaaS13Java5Databases3Perl7REST4Hadoop3Software as a Service (SaaS)2Representational State Transfer (REST)1Linux1Search

+12 more

Board LevelBoard of DirectorsData AnalysisAthlete DevelopmentLifeguardingScalabilityDistributed SystemsAgile MethodologiesCloud ComputingScrumSoftware EngineeringSoftware Development

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Colleagues at Operator Collective

Allison Barr Allen

Investor at Operator Collective

Anna Jacobson

Partner & Chief AI Enablement Officer at Operator Collective

Anu Bharadwaj

President, Atlassian at Operator Collective

Caroline Caswell

Marketing Partner at Operator Collective

Claire Hughes Johnson

Corporate Officer, Stripe at Operator Collective

Dan Scheinman

Board Director: Zoom, Arista, Sentinel One at Operator Collective

Dana Marohn Spiliotis

Partner at Operator Collective

Elena Gomez

President & CFO, Toast at Operator Collective

Frequently asked questions

Who is Cathy Polinsky?: Investor at Operator Collective
Where does Cathy Polinsky work?: Cathy Polinsky is at Operator Collective.
What check size does Cathy Polinsky write?: Cathy Polinsky typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
Where did Cathy Polinsky go to school?: Cathy Polinsky studied at Swarthmore College (BA, Computer Science).